Carl-Johann De Geer

Carl Johan De Geer is a multimedia artists who was born into a powerful aristocratic family in Sweden. From 1959-1962 De Geer studied graphic design at the College of Art in Stockholm. After school he made a choice to live his life as an underground artist. In his early years as an artist De Geer worked primarily with photography. He used a Leica M4 snapshot to capture scenes of the grit of everyday life. He began by photographing the crumbling facades and interiors of buildings just prior to their demolition. These buildings were the backdrop of the 1960’s Stockholm bohemians who became the primary subject matter of De Geer’s work. His photographs of these bohemian families offer insight to an unseen... more.